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CD Review: Chopin played on pianos of the 1830s and 1840s

21/08/2010

Chopin played on pianos of the 1830s and 1840s

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Chopin played on pianos of the 1830s and 1840s

With Andrew McGregor. Includes Chopin played on pianos of the 1830s and 1840s.

With Andrew McGregor. Includes Chopin played on pianos of the 1830s and 1840s; Brahms: German Requiem (excpts); Recent releases of Haydn symphonies; Bach: Partita No 6 in E minor.

with Andrew McGregor, celebrating artists appearing in this week's BBC Proms and revisiting favourite recordings of the last twelve months, including:

09.05am

12 London Symphonies
HAYDN: Symphonies No 96 in D major "The Miracle"; No 95 in C minor; No 93 in D major; No 94 in G major "The Surprise"; No 98 in B flat minor; No 97 in C major; No 99 in E flat major; No 100 in G major "Military"; No 101 in D major "The Clock"; No 102 in B flat major;  No 103 in E flat major "Drumroll"; No 104 in D major "London"
Marc Minkowski (conductor) / Les Musiciens du Louvre
Naive V 5176 (4 CDs)

Media Vita
SHEPPARD: Media vita; Te Deum; Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria virgo; The Lord's Prayer; I give you a new commandment; Christ rising again; Haste thee, Oh God
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU807509 (Hybrid SACD)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Jan Lisiecki (piano) / Sinfonia Varsovia / Howard Shelley (conductor)
NIFC CD200 (CD)

CHOPIN: Rondo in C minor Op.1; Rondo in E flat major, Op.16; Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57; Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op.2; Bolero, Op.19; Tarantella in A flat major, Op.43; Allegro de Concert in A major Op.46; Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.1
Nikolai Demidenko (Pleyel piano 1848)
NIFC CD014 (CD)

Chopin & Piesni - Songs
CHOPIN: Zyczenie (The Maiden's Wish); A maiden's love (words S. Witwicki); Posel (The Messenger); Czary (Charms); Hulanka (Merrymaking); Precz z moich oczu (Out of My Sight!); Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song); Smutna rzeka (The Sad River); Spiew z mogilky (Leaves Are Falling); Pierscien (The Ring); Moja pieszczotka (My Sweetheart); Wiosna (Spring); Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Lad); There is no need (words B. Zaleski); Nie ma czego trzeba (I Want What I Have Not); Melodia (Melody); Dwojaki koniec (The Double End); Wojak (The Warrior); Narzeczony (The Bridegroom); Dumka (Reverie); 
Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) / Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) / Nelson Goerner (piano)
NIFC CD016 (CD)

Chopin: The complete works
Including CHOPIN/WIOSNA: Andantino in G minor; Sostenuto in E flat major (1840)
Garrick Ohlsson / Ronald Smith / Augustin Anievas / Andrei Gavrilov / Danielle Laval / Tzimon Barto / Cecile Ousset / Leif Ove Andsnes / Daniel Barenboim / Teresa Llacuna / Claudio Arrau / Eugenia Zareska / Charles Owen / Marianna Shirinyan / Anna Tilbrook / Benjamin Grosvenor
EMI CDC 6 86964 2 (16 CDs)

CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op.61; 2 Nocturnes, Op.62; Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise in E flat major, Op.22; 12 Etudes, Op.10; Prelude in D minor, Op.28 No.24; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G major, Op.32 No.5
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Wigmore Hall Live WHLive0039 (CD)

CHOPIN: 24 Preludes & Ballades Op.23 & 52
Sheila Arnold (Erard piano 1839)
Avi-music 8553183 (CD)

CHOPIN: Trois nouvelles etudes; Ballade for piano No. 2 in F major; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor; Waltz for piano No. 5 in A flat major; Prelude for piano No. 25 in C sharp minor; Waltz for piano No. 12 in F minor; Ballade for piano No. 3 in A flat major; Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor; Prelude for piano No. 20 in C minor
Edna Stern (Pleyel piano 1842)
Naive/Cite de la Musique AM 197 (CD)

09.55am

BRAHMS: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor) / Elizabeth Watts (soprano) / Stephane Degout (bariotone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
LPO-0045 (CD)

10.10am

12 London Symphonies
HAYDN: Symphonies No 96 in D major "The Miracle"; No 95 in C minor; No 93 in D major; No 94 in G major "The Surprise"; No 98 in B flat minor; No 97 in C major; No 99 in E flat major; No 100 in G major "Military"; No 101 in D major "The Clock"; No 102 in B flat major;  No 103 in E flat major "Drumroll"; No 104 in D major "London"
Marc Minkowski (conductor) / Les Musiciens du Louvre
Naive V 5176 (4 CDs)

HAYDN: Symphony No. 92 in G major 'Oxford'; Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'; Symphony No. 97 in C major
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
Exton OVCL-00375 (Hybrid SACD)

London Symphonies
HAYDN: Symphony No. 97 in C major, Hob.I:97; Symphony No. 98 in B flat major, Hob.I:98
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor)
Challenge Classics CC72360 (CD)

11.10am

J. S. BACH: Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV 825; Partita No.2 in C minor, BWV 826; Partita No.3 in A minor, BWV 827; Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828; Partita No.5 in G, BWV 829; Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV 830
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 478 2163 (2 CDs)

11.40am

Great Strauss Scenes
STRAUSS: Recognition Scene from Elektra; Moonlight Interlude from Capriccio; Imprisonment Scene from Die Frau ohne Schatten ("The Woman without a Shadow"); Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome; Final Scene from Salome
Christine Brewer (soprano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Telarc TEL-31755-02 (CD)

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